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Sweet Annie

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Sweet Annie

Herb

Artemisia annua

  • Partial sun
  • Zones 1–11
  • 120 days to maturity
  • Herbs
  • 12" spacing
  • Low water
  • Annual
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  • Overview

    Tall plants with fern-like dark green foliage dotted with tiny cream-yellow colored flowers. Use foliage for wreaths and as filler for mixed bouquets. Also known as sweet sagewort, sweet wormwood, and Chinese wormwood.

  • Planting

    Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost, or direct sow after last frost

  • Growing

    Sun: partial. Water: low. Soil: Well-drained soil, tolerates average to poor fertility. Space plants 12" apart. Germination: 7-14 days.